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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants according to low back pain

From: Height loss but not body composition is related to low back pain in community-dwelling elderlies: Shimane CoHRE study

 

Women

Men

No LBP

LBP

p-value

No LBP

LBP

p-value

n = 747

n = 567

n = 543

n = 355

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age(years)

72.5

6.6

73.5

6.5

0.01

72.9

6.6

72.8

6.4

0.92

Body weight(kg)

50.8

8.4

50.5

8.3

0.52

60.5

8.6

61.0

8.9

0.40

Body height (cm)

150.6

5.9

149.1

5.7

< 0.01

163.1

6.1

162.7

6.2

0.42

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.4

3.4

22.7

3.4

0.11

22.7

2.8

23.0

2.8

0.16

Muscle mass(kg)

14.2

2.0

14.0

2.1

0.21

20.2

2.9

20.4

3.2

0.25

Fat mass(kg)

15.2

6.4

15.4

6.2

0.55

11.7

5.0

11.9

5.1

0.51

Bone mass %YAM(%)a

83.9

10.0

83.4

9.9

0.40

91.3

11.0

91.3

12.3

0.93

Height loss (cm)

2.9

2.4

4.0

3.3

< 0.01

2.3

2.0

2.9

2.6

< 0.01

 

n

%

n

%

 

n

%

n

%

 

Alcohol intake

213

28.5

144

25.4

0.21

385

70.9

248

69.9

0.74

Current smoking

8

1.1

5

0.9

0.73

79

14.5

62

17.5

0.24

History of fall

113

15.1

96

16.9

0.38

56

10.3

58

16.3

< 0.01

Hypertension

279

37.3

259

45.7

< 0.01

212

39.0

156

43.9

0.14

Diabetes mellitus

68

9.1

45

7.9

0.46

77

14.2

49

13.8

0.87

Dyslipidemia

240

32.1

195

34.4

0.39

97

17.9

67

18.9

0.70

Cerebrovascular disease

11

1.5

15

2.6

0.13

24

4.4

28

7.9

0.03

Chronic Heart disease

42

5.6

55

9.7

< 0.01

62

11.6

34

10.7

0.38

Community 1

317

42.4

218

38.4

 

243

44.8

186

52.4

 

Community 2

255

34.1

210

37.0

 

152

28.0

87

24.5

 

Community 3

175

23.4

139

24.5

0.34

148

27.3

82

23.1

0.08

  1. an = 1505; Community 1 = Unnan city; 2 = Oki-island; 3 = Ohnan Cho
  2. S.D standard deviation
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